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This custom fit kit lets you mount 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 legs to your vehicle with a naked roof. Clamps mount to legs with bolts. Includes 4 clamps and 4 pads.
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Today on our 2010 Infiniti G37, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars. The part number for the cross bars we're using today is RRVA118B-2. For our foot pack we're using RRRLKVA. For our fit kit we're using DK211. Now we already have our front bar in place. We've got this portion of our back bar together. We're going to show you how to put the last foot pack altogether.
Everything that you see on this table here comes in the kit, except for the flat tape measure. I would suggest finding one of your own, or even a regular tape measure will work as well. We're going to start off by taking our foot here. We're going to pop off the end, and then we'll make sure to line up our two arrows so that they're facing the same direction. I have them facing up right now. We'll just squeeze those together, just like so, making sure that all of the gaps are filled.
We can take that foot, place back on that foot pack. Flip this over, and we're going to loosen up our bolts here, and completely take that out. Then, we'll take our clamp, set that in place, and then tighten our bolt back up. I just tighten it up until I feel it starting to come through on the other side here. We can take our foot pack and we're just going to slide it onto our channel, just like so.
We'll take our flat tape measure and we'll measure this inseam here. That's going to be 17.1 cm, or 171 mm. I just line it up, then I take my included tool and I'll tighten that down. I always like to double check and make sure that nothing moved. It looks like we're about a millimeter off, so we'll just move that back a little bit and tighten it back down. All right, with that one secured we'll load this up onto our vehicle.
Open up our doors here, then we can take our crossbar and gently place it on the top of our vehicle. Now we'll take some measurements and set this in the correct place. We're going to measure from the center of the front crossbar to the center of the back crossbar. We're going to have about 71 cm, or 650 mm. Excuse me, 67 cm. Don't worry about all the measurements. You actually will get those in your instructions along with the fit kit. I'll just double check this side since we did have to shift quite a bit on the other side. Perfect. Now with that in place, we can place our included tool once again and start to tighten these down. I just like to tighten down starting off my clamp so that it sits up against our door frame here. I'll just take that and tighten down this bolt. I'll do the same thing to the other side. You'll notice as we go on I'll do one thing to one side, and make sure I do the same thing to the other side. That's just to make sure that we're tightening everything down evenly, we don't have the crossbar pulling to one side or the other. We want to have a nice, even fit and a snug fit as well so that we don't have any malfunctions. What's great about these crossbars is that they are, especially with that fit kit, is that they are custom fit to our vehicle. They are specially designed for this vehicle to give you the most safe and secure fit. Now I'm just going to go back and forth, doing about five to ten turns on each side. Once again, making sure that it's nice and snug. Another great thing is that Rhino Rack has these specific measurements so that you can fit all your different accessories on your vehicle's roof rack with this crossbar spread. Now you'll notice we've gotten tighten enough. We'll know that we're completely tight when the skinnier portion of our tool here is completely straight. That's the torque portion of our tool. You just want to make sure that we do the same thing to this side. Perfect. Now we can place on all of our end caps. I'm going to start off with my crossbar end caps. What's great about these is that they lock, and if you have anything that's a channel-mounted accessory, like a bike rack, you can put those onto your channel and then lock them in place with our end caps. You won't have to worry about effect or tampering. We also have our caps for the foot packs. These are going to help prevent theft and tampering of the crossbars as a whole, because they do lock that bolt in there that we secured everything down with. They lock those and prevent anyone from being able to come up and loosen them up. With those all locked into place, we're ready to load up our gear and hit the road. That's going to be our completed look at the Rhino Rack Vortex Aero Crossbars and how they fit on our 2010 Infiniti G37.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (3472 Customer Reviews)
This custom fit kit lets you mount 4 Rhino-Rack 2500 legs to your vehicle with a naked roof. Clamps mount to legs with bolts. Includes 4 clamps and 4 pads.Great quality and detailed instructions made installation a breeze
Works as described and can carry lots of gear. Only issue is some light whistling at higher speeds, and the footpads will mark your roof paint slightly, but nothing that can't be polished off.
Fit kit holds great and the roof rack feels extremely solid. The piece that goes in the door jam/under roof has a rubber coating so it doesn't damage your paint. The rubber pads that get attached to the legs are very soft and feel like they won't do any damage to paint on the roof.
Instructions were a little tricky but assembled without too much problem. Quality seems very good and fit is excellent. Better price than the other carriers I looked at.
Great product. Clear instructions made it easy to install. Quick and helpful staff.
This was a great purchase. I originally ordered roof crossbars from somewhere else and immediately returned them. They were a universal fit and were not secure at all when they were tightened down. They were from a third seller on Amazon. I found these on etrailer and I am glad that I made the purchase. I did not want to spend the money at first that these cost, but am glad that I did. The install was easy and the crossbars are very secure and hold up well with the cargo basket installed. They were well worth the money. Can't wait to try them out when we go camping. Thank you etrailer.
Ease of order, receipt, installation and excellent customer service is what I received in this order.
Thank you, e-trailer!
Takes a little while to assemble the rack bars.
The stickers are great I can mark the positions after measuring the distance between the bars.
One of the screws is underneath the bar; it is hard to reach to tighten the bars.
Finally, I got the roof rack installed and it looks good.
Pretty nice rack system. Held up to my 90lb canoe no problem. However a piece did fly off on the highway and the "locking" bar end cap can pull off super easy.
The directions were ok. There is some stuff you have to kind of figure out for yourself, mainly the roof trim. I plan to leave the rack on so I drilled theough the trim
Just followed all the etrailer website prompts for my naked roof Toyota Matrix and it set me up with the three packages needed- rails legs and fitkit. Installed easily enough. I like the little arrow stickers hidden in the door jams for fast re-install later. Held two 10’ kayaks on a 2 hr journey with ease.
This is a perfect fit for our 2015 Prius V with "naked" roof. Instructions were clear and accurate, and the bars are solid and able to support our canoe and kayak easily. We added the air deflector, as there was a bit of wind noise, but now there is none. Great product at much lower price than the big names.
Absolutely love the Rhino Rack. Easy to install (watch the [online] video). Looks GREAT. Hauls my kayaks no problem. Very well made and I highly recommend this product.
The Rhino 2500 series is well built. The etrailer customer service person Trevor W. was great. He was so helpful in getting the right components for my Rhino 2500 roof rack to mount to my 2010 Silverado. Thanks for the help Trevor.
This was the kit for my 2020 equinox. The spacing of the feet on the vortex aero bars was incorrect I had to use the Euro sizes. Went back and forth with customer service trying to get confirmation that was the right size but it never was confirmed. Everything is installed now and sturdy.
Seemed to work well with my 2012 Kia Soul. I have only had it on my car for a day at writing this so I can't really give it five stars. I would bump it up to five stars once its been on for a few months. Easy to install, and after doing a bit of research Etrailer.com Had the best deal, and support for installation.
Once installed the product is very sturdy and looks great. But the directions are hard to follow because of the separate components and would have been really tough without the video which was great. I have one problem, how can I eliminate the annoying wind sound when driving when nothing on the rack. I saw a video where wrapping a line around the crossbar can help. It has helped a lot but not completely. Is there another secret for this?
Installed this and 65" Vortex Areo crossbars on a 2015 RAM 5500 chassis cab/crew cab. It is listed to fit 1500 to 3500 RAM's and neither Rhino-Rack or etrailer would confirm it would fit the 5500. My research suggested there was not much, if any difference, between the 3500 and 5500 crew cab, so ordered it any way. Installation was relatively easy, fit seemed to be good and have made multiple 200-300 mile trips with a 75lb kayak. Good price, great customer service and fast delivery through etrailer.
The roof rack is great, just pretty pricy, by me standards.
My only problem with the whole experience was that the roof rack comes in there separate packages. In my order, one package was omitted, which created some confusion. I had to go back to the company and request that the 3rd package be sent.
Otherwise I'm happy with the purchase.
I responded to a previous request fro feedback, so I'm not sure why I'm being asked again, but . . .
Customer support was great. After reading the instructions and watching the video on how to install the Rhino Rack installation went well. The ski rack has one draw back, if you leave car out over night with skis locked in the ski rack, every thing can be easily stolen. All you need is an Allen wrench to remove the ski rack with the skis. The roof rack has locking covers the prevent theft of the roof rack. The ski rack can be easily removed from the roof rack.
Fairly easy installation. Read the instructions thoroughly before hand and get familiar with the parts. Take care when installing mounting studs onto car itself so as not to strip or cross thread them. Once installed they look great.
Ive had these racks for a year and they've been really good. They fit my 2019 nissan frontier easily. The only thing that keeps it from 5 stars is when it rains really heavy, I get a slow, occasional drip where the mount sit under the door's weather seal.
This review covers the Rhino Rack 2500 Vortex Aero crossbars and associated parts (DK284, RRRLKVA, RRVA137S-2) for a naked roof installation on a 2018 Honda CR-V.
Very solid racks. We just took our first trip using them and the didn't budge. As recommended, a few days after installing, I tightened the bolts a bit. I'm not sure they needed it--just a little insurance.
The installation process was clear, but fairly detailed. It would be easy to miss a step, so take your time. Also, I tried a couple shortcuts in the order when installing on the car, but had to back track. So, go in the order they give you.
The racks easily supported our filled "pod" and a couple surfboards, strapped side-by-side. Sorry, no photos of the rack loaded. One thing to watch out for is that our old Thule pod almost didn't fit because of the thickness of the racks. I had to loosen the bolts almost entirely.
Of note: I feel that although I followed the measurements to the millimeter, the fit on our 2018 Honda CR-V wasn't exact. Where the pads sit on the roof of the car didn't align perfectly. I could have adjusted this by just re-trimming the rubber pads that go in the channels, but it's not a big deal, so I just left it.
Finally, I do have one concern. The angle of final installation doesn't really protect the racks from theft very well. The plastic plate that locks over the screw would allow someone with the proper tool to get up under it and loosen the bolts. That being said, someone so inclined could also just break the little plastic door or drill a hole in it to access the bolt. So, I guess it's just a deterrent anyway.
Overall, I'm very happy with the racks and etrailer.com! Despite shipping delays due to Covid-19, they were able to get the racks to me in time for an upcoming trip. I did choose to expedite shipping, but the cost was very reasonable.
Easy assembly and installation. Pay careful attention to pad direction as shown in instruction sheet for the fit kit. One gripe: one end-cap refuses to lock (blue plastic key lock). Had to tape it on so I don’t lose it.
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